Mar
9
Cool Ubuntu Projects on Launchpad.
March 9, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Applications, Experiences, News
For those not familiar, “Launchpad is a free software hosting and development website. We make it easy to collaborate across multiple projects.” More information about Launchpad is here: Collaboration, project management and code hosting for free software https://launchpad.net/+about One thing I like about services such as these, is that I often find interesting (and usable) [...]
Mar
8
Windows User? Do You Wubi?
March 8, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 10 Comments
Posted in Applications, Experiences, Installation
Earlier this week we were discussing if Ubuntu Linux needed antivirus software. (If you missed the post, it is here: Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software?) During the course of the discussion, one of our readers (from TechCollective) suggested we try out “Wubi”. If you’ve never heard about it: “Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu [...]
Mar
7
Friday Fun – Useful Linux Terminal Commands for New Users.
March 7, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 29 Comments
Posted in Experiences, How to...
Below are the most useful commands (or at least those I found most helpful) when I switched to Ubuntu, to clarify, these commands are not Ubuntu specific, they are Debian Linux commands. I’ve not included some of the basic commands like cd, rm, mv, ls, etc… Play with your terminal, that’s a great way to [...]
Mar
6
Don’t WEP Me! Ubuntu (and Others) Are Safer With WPA.
March 6, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in Experiences
One of the readers of another post “Using Ubuntu to Crack WEP”, sent me this video: Therefore, this is a “quick”, follow-up to that older post. As I’m sure many of you might appreciate, WEP may probably not be the best solution to securing WiFi. Simply because it’s become mainstream and there are tones of [...]
Mar
6
Yo Quiero Ubuntu
March 6, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Experiences
The picture below was sent to me earlier today. The original is: Some rights reserved at Flickr Funny! :)

